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Episode 453 - Phonies - Let's Not Spread 'Em Around - Heir Conditioning - "C" Is For Cookie - Political Scientists

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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 453, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet.

Round 1. Category: Phonies

  • 1: This reclusive "2001" director has been successfully impersonated by a man who looks nothing like him.
  • Stanley Kubrick.
  • 2: "Girl You Know It's True" was the ironic title of a hit by this fraudulent duo.
  • Milli Vanilli.
  • 3: "The Education of" this Cherokee, billed as autobiography, was written by a white segregationist.
  • Little Tree.
  • 4: A medical syndrome is named for this baron famous for tall tales about his exploits.
  • Baron von Munchausen.
  • 5: Forger Hans Van Meegeren tried to increase the small number of works by this Dutch master, who died in 1675.
  • Jan Vermeer.

    • Round 2. Category: Let's Not Spread 'Em Around

    • 1: A fatal form of blood poisoning in cattle, or the group that recorded the 1985 album "Spreading the Disease".
    • anthrax.
    • 2: Isolated in 1983, the virus that causes AIDS is known today by this acronym.
    • HIV.
    • 3: Seeing Koplik's spots on the inside of your cheeks is a sign you've "spotted" this viral infection.
    • measles.
    • 4: It's the B form of this inflammation of the liver that's spread by some kinds of personal contact.
    • hepatitis.
    • 5: This lung disease, isolated in 1882, has been found in an ancient mummy, so there should be hieroglyphic Christmas Seals.
    • tuberculosis.

      • Round 3. Category: Heir Conditioning

      • 1: Since 1301, it's been the geographic title for the male heir to the British throne.
      • Prince of Wales.
      • 2: 37-year-old Reza Pahlevi is the exiled heir to this country's "Peacock Throne".
      • Iran.
      • 3: The assassination of this Austro-Hungarian heir triggered WWI.
      • Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
      • 4: He was Hirohito's heir; now he's the emperor.
      • Akihito.
      • 5: In 1536, with only a female heir, she was first of Henry VIII's wives to go on the chopping block.
      • Anne Boleyn.

        • Round 4. Category: "C" Is For Cookie

        • 1: Created by Ruth Wakefield in the 1930s, the original toll house cookie is this favorite.
        • a chocolate chip.
        • 2: This veggie can be used to make cookies, similar to the spicy, moist cake.
        • carrot.
        • 3: Macaroons are often made from almond paste or this, shredded or flaked.
        • coconut.
        • 4: You can frost cookies with this, sugar that's been cooked until it melts and turns golden brown.
        • caramel.
        • 5: Classic oatmeal cookies are made with nutmeg and this age-old spice that comes in Cassia and Ceylon varieties.
        • cinnamon.

          • Round 5. Category: Political Scientists

          • 1: Charles Beard claimed the framers of this 1787 document were motivated by economic self-interests.
          • The Constitution.
          • 2: Zbigniew Brzezinski was born in this capital city in 1928.
          • Warsaw.
          • 3: Before becoming U.N. Ambassador, she was a foreign policy advisor to the 1980 Reagan campaign.
          • Jeanne Kirkpatrick.
          • 4: Raymond Aron was a contributor to this Paris daily from 1947-1977.
          • Le Figaro.
          • 5: Rexford G. Tugwell was part of this president's "Brain Trust".
          • Franklin D. Roosevelt.

            • Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

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